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Regulation of adiposity by dietary calcium.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10834935     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Recent data from this laboratory demonstrate that increasing adipocyte intracellular Ca(2+) results in a coordinated stimulation of lipogenesis and inhibition of lipolysis. We have also noted that increasing dietary calcium of obese patients for 1 year resulted in a 4.9 kg loss of body fat (P<0.01). Accordingly, we tested the possibility that calcitrophic hormones may act on adipocytes to increase Ca(2+) and lipid metabolism by measuring the effects of 1, 25-(OH)(2)-D in primary cultures of human adipocytes, and found significant, sustained increases in intracellular Ca(2+) and a corresponding marked inhibition of lipolysis (EC(50) approximately 50 pM; P<0.001), suggesting that dietary calcium could reduce adipocyte mass by suppressing 1,25-(OH)(2)-D. To test this hypothesis, we placed transgenic mice expressing the agouti gene specifically in adipocytes on a low (0.4%) Ca/high fat/high sucrose diet either unsupplemented or with 25 or 50% of the protein replaced by non-fat dry milk or supplemented to 1.2% Ca with CaCO(3) for 6 wk. Weight gain and fat pad mass were reduced by 26-39% by the three high calcium diets (P<0.001). The high calcium diets exerted a corresponding 51% inhibition of adipocyte fatty acid synthase expression and activity (P<0.002) and stimulation of lipolysis by 3. 4- to 5.2-fold (P<0.015). This concept of calcium modulation of adiposity was further evaluated epidemiologically in the NHANES III data set. After controlling for energy intake, relative risk of being in the highest quartile of body fat was set to 1.00 for the lowest quartile of Ca intake and was reduced to 0.75, 0.40, and 0.16 for the second, third, and fourth quartiles, respectively, of calcium intake for women (n=380;P<0.0009); a similar inverse relationship was also noted in men (n=7114; P<0.0006). Thus, increasing dietary calcium suppresses adipocyte intracellular Ca(2+) and thereby modulates energy metabolism and attenuates obesity risk.
Authors:
M B Zemel; H Shi; B Greer; D Dirienzo; P C Zemel
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology     Volume:  14     ISSN:  0892-6638     ISO Abbreviation:  FASEB J.     Publication Date:  2000 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-07-12     Completed Date:  2000-07-12     Revised Date:  2012-02-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8804484     Medline TA:  FASEB J     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1132-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1900, USA. mzemel@utk.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adipocytes / cytology,  drug effects*,  enzymology,  metabolism
Adult
Agouti Signaling Protein
Animals
Blood Glucose / analysis
Body Temperature / drug effects
Calcium / metabolism*
Calcium, Dietary / administration & dosage,  pharmacology*,  therapeutic use
Cells, Cultured
Dairy Products
Energy Intake
Energy Metabolism / drug effects
Fatty Acid Synthetase Complex / genetics,  metabolism
Female
Humans
Insulin / blood
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins*
Lipolysis / drug effects*
Male
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Obesity / blood,  diet therapy,  metabolism
Parathyroid Hormone / antagonists & inhibitors,  pharmacology
Proteins / genetics,  metabolism
Vitamin D / antagonists & inhibitors,  pharmacology
Weight Gain / drug effects
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Agouti Signaling Protein; 0/Blood Glucose; 0/Calcium, Dietary; 0/Insulin; 0/Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; 0/Parathyroid Hormone; 0/Proteins; 1406-16-2/Vitamin D; 7440-70-2/Calcium; EC 6.-/Fatty Acid Synthetase Complex

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